Sash-fastener.



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SASH FASTENER.

APPLICAHON FILED AUG.10, 1914.

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I ilflldtfid"! Specification 515 Letters Patent Patented June 20, .Wllti.

7 Application filed August 10,1914. Serial no. 856,033.

To allwhom itmayconcern:

.lBiept known that I, EDWARD F. 'O'r'ro,

a cltlzen of the United States, residing at oftransversely elongated slots 6, the slots. being of any desn'ednnlnbe'r', and being space-d any suitable or desired distance be upper sashfan'd formed in the projecting porhionfof-theplate is a longitudinal Sent/S the head is of greater length than the width of the slot, disengagement of the head Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and apart. Thenpper and lower wall of each p, Stateof- Wisconsin, have Invented certain slotintermediate of its ends is provided new and useful Improvements in Sashwith an angular recess Tto enlargethe slots ll asteners, of whlch the followingisa specifor a portion of their length, for a purpose 'ficatlon, reference being had to the accomwhich will be hereinafter more fully -departy ng drawings; i I scribed. I

in This invention relates to newand useful Arranged upon the upper face of the top mprovements in; sash fasteners and an obrail of the lower sash 2, is anopen bottom ject of this invention is the provision of a casing 8, the casing being provided with fastener which will lock the sashes -'when oppositely extending longitudinally aperpartly open or when'entirelyjclosedturedj flanges at its lower edge for'engage- Another object ofthis invention is the ment against the upper face of the'rail, to

provision of a fastener which when in opreceive suitable fastening devices by means 'erativeposition draws the sashes together, of which the casing is secured tothe top to prevent rattling of the same in windy rail of the lower sash. The end walls \of or stormy weather. I p the casing: are provided with suitablebolt an With these -and'other objects in view, my openings, and extending through the casing invention consists in the novel construction; and projecting at its opposite ends through combination, and arrangement ofparts to .the' bolt openings is .a locking bolt 9,, be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, bolt having a flattened shank 10 at its outer. and illustrated. in the accompanying drawend on the extremity of which ahead '11 is aaing, in whichformed for engagement through the slot-6 Figure 1 is a front elevational view of in the keeper plate. A coiled expansion my improved .fastenershowing the same.ap spring 12 is wound around the bolt within plied to use; Fig, 2 is a transverse sectional the casing, the outer end of the spring bearview thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail elevational ing against the' outer wall of the casing, view showing the locking bolt connected and the inner end of the spring engaging a withthe keeper plate; and Fig. l is a fraglaterally extending pin '13 which projects mentary elevational' view of the keeper from the bolt, the spring normally holding plate engaging endof-the locking bolt. the bolt in its innermost position, and the Referring more particularly-to the drawpin 13 serving to limit the inward moveing, the: numerals l and 2 designate the ment of the bolt by reason of its engage- .upper and lower sashes respectively of a ment against the inner'wall of-theCasing. window, and secured to one of the side From the above it will be seen that the bolt rails of 'the upper sash is an elongated is slidably and rotatably mounted in the keeper plate 3 which extends vertically of casing, and thehead 11 of the bolt is re- I the sash, the inner edge of the plate pro' duced adjacent the shank 10, to provide jecting inwardly of the inner edge of the inwardly facing shoulders 14:. side rail. Formed on' the upper and lower In the practical use of my improved f' as- I ends of the keeper plate are inwardly pro tener, with the plate 3 in its proper position jectjng lugs 4;, the lugs being vertically on the upper sash, and the caslng 8 carryalined. and being adapted for engagement ing the bolt 9-in' its position. on the lower with the inner edge of the side rail as shown sash, the sashes may be locked in closed'posiin the drawing to provide means for proption by forcing the bolt 9 inwardly wlth'the erly positioning the plate in an upright head 11 thereof arranged horizontally, so position, so that the plate may be quickly that the head may be passed through the fl0b Kiw -and accurately securedto the siderail by lowermost slot 6 1n the keeper plate. When the screws 5which extend through openings the head has been passed through the slot in theplateinto engagement withthe rail. and the shank 10 of the bolt-1s engaged llhe lower edge of the keeper plate isadaptwithin the slot, the bolt is then rotated so. ed to rest against the bottom rail of the as to dispose the head vertlcally, and as the plate is prevented. Owing to the resashesmay moved upwardly and dew], oesses 7 in the upper and lower walls of the wardly without danger of the bolt engagin slots; it will be seen that the reduced Porthe keeper plate and preventing free mov tion of the head 11' will engage within. the ment of the sashes.

angular reeesses,-'so that the-inwardly Iac- Having thus, fully described niyMin-ven- 3:;

ing shoulders 14L formed by the reduced tion, what .I desire toela-im and'secure by portion of'the head engage the inner taeeof- Letters Patent is:-' I

the plate above'and'be'low the enlarged porg A window fastening comprising a; strip tionof the slot, whereby accidental turning having an elongated slot formed therein, the

. of the bolt to alin'e 'the-l'iead with the slot slot being laterally" extended at-its sides, a 40 is prevented. The tension of the spring 12 bolt casing, a bolt slidably and rotatably which forces the bolt inwardly, serves tej mounted in the casing and having a head on draw the lower. rail of the upper sash its outer end substantially the shape of-said tightly against the .Jipper'rail of the'lower slot and beingadapted forinsertionthrongh I sash to prevent rattling of the'sa-shes in the slot, the bolt'and, head being rotataole 45 stormy weather. When it isydesired to move to dispose the head aerossthe slotjthe face either of the sashes vertically, itis merely of the-head toward the bolt 'being'formed necessary toQslide-the bolt slightly to aron eaeh side o f'jthe bolt with projecting range the shank '10 of the bolt within the shoulders adapted when the bolt is disposed slot, so that the bolt may be turned to aline across the slot to fit in said lateral exten- 56 the head out of the slot-so that the sashes bolt awayw't'romthe plate.

the head thereof {with the slot, in which sions of the slot to tl'iereby prevent a rota-' position the tensionof the'spring will move tion of the' 'bolt, and a spring. nrging the.

vmay be moved-to the desired position, In testimonywhereof I here'ilnto .aifix whereuponthe head of the b'olt].may be my signature in the presence of two wit- 55 again disposedwithin the adjacent slot in ne'sses.

the hereinbefore described manner, [It will EDW ARD OTTO. be seen that when the fastener'is not de- Witnesses sired for-use,- the spring 12 will maintain JAMn-S'PENNEFATHER,

the'bolt in its normal position, so that-the LEO DAM. 

